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Flower-Corsano
Duo, MV/EE
Spring
Street Gallery, Thursday
Last time both of these bands came through Saratoga, they
slipped in under the shroud of darkness, brewed up their particular
brand of freaky musical alchemy, and disappeared into the
night. It’s not that they’re bashful; they just like to keep
it intimate. But this time we’re blowing up their spot because,
seriously, this pairing is not to be missed. When he’s not
touring and recording with Björk, drummer Chris Corsano is
making virtuosic experimental music. With prepared guitarist
Michael Flower, the duo deal in ecstatic post-apocalyptic
Gamelan. Ecstatic being the operative word in this instance,
as they’ll be joined by Vermont psych-folk duo MV/EE, one
of the bigger names on Thurston Moore’s experimental label
Ecstatic Peace. (April 15, 7:30 PM, $10, 110 Spring St.,
Saratoga Springs, 583-9227)
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Jesse
Malin
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Jesse
Malin and the St. Marks Social
Jillian’s,
Friday
We gots to hand it to Jesse Malin—the guy’s entering his fourth
decade in the music business and he’s barely over 40. Of course
he’s come a long way since leading New York City hardcore
act Heart Attack in his early teens. Nowadays, Malin is prepping
the release of his sixth solo album, titled Love It to
Life. It’s the first with new backing band, the St. Marks
Social, and his first collection of all-new material since
2007’s Glitter in the Gutter. The time off has proven
regenerative for the former D Generation frontman: Love
It has a kicking rock element, while keeping in line with
the singer-songwriterly tone of the Springsteen acolyte’s
previous work. Joining Malin and company on Friday are the
Slaughterhouse Chorus and the Blisterz. (April 16, 8 PM,
$5, 59 N. Pearl St., Albany, 432-1997)
Envy
on the Coast, the Fall of Troy, Twin Atlantic
Valentine’s,
Sunday
Remember when, a decade or so back, all the cool suburban
kids were singing about how boring the suburbs were over those
three chords they lifted from that Blink 182 song? Well, good
news: Pop-punk music has yielded more than massive dividends
for Hot Topic and Pac Sun. Nearly every member of the three
bands on Sunday’s bill have some history with pop-punk, but
look what they’ve become. Long Island’s Envy on the Coast
have moved on to early-’90s-style alt-rock, and Glasgow’s
Twin Atlantic have a distinct Silverchair thing going on.
The Fall of Troy, on the other hand, went all-in on proggy
post-hardcore. Looks like there’s hope for kids these days
after all. (April 18, 7 PM, $14, 17 New Scotland Ave.,
Albany, 432-6572)
Janis
Ian, Karla Bonoff
The
Egg, Sunday
A recent trend among old-school singer-songwriter types has
seen performers that would otherwise be draws on their own
teaming up for co-headline tours. Here’s a fine example of
that: Sunday’s show at the Egg finds the classic voices and
song catalogs of Janis Ian and Karla Bonoff together for one
very special evening. Ian’s career, marked by such evergreen
tunes as “Society’s Child” and the Grammy Hall of Fame-inducted
“At Seventeen,” has now spanned five decades, with no sign
of abating; her current tour coincides with the release of
an autobiography and a new best-of compilation. Bonoff has
the byline on scores of great love songs—though she hasn’t
recorded an album of new material in more than 20 years, it’s
still worth turning up to hear the hits. (April 18, 7:30
PM, $28, Empire State Plaza, Albany, 473-1845)
The
Used
Northern
Lights, Wednesday
While some of the bands mentioned above have changed their
ways since their pop-punk beginnings, Utah band the Used basically
decided to drop any sense of pop for their latest record,
Artwork, putting the “scream” in screamo like never
before. Artwork is a magnum opus about self-loathing,
from a band who have loathed they selves muchly in the past.
The more things change, and so on. The Used are joined on
their spring jaunt by Michigan post-hardcore act Chiodos,
whose sound hasn’t changed a whole lot in 10 years, but their
vocalist has—Brandon Bolmer, formerly of Yesterday’s Rising,
joined the band for their forthcoming third album. New Medicine
open. (April 21, 7 PM, $25, 1208 Route 146, Clifton Park,
371-0012)
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Jared
Funari
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The
George Muscatello Trio play their semi-regular
gig tonight (Thursday) at Quintessence; we had
a chance to hear Muscatello’s new CD, Angel
Dust, recently and it’s completely insane,
in the best possible way (9 PM, free, 434-8186).
. . . Carbon Leaf will play a rescheduled
show tomorrow (Friday) at the Egg, after their
February date was snowed out (7:30 PM, $24, 473-1845).
. . . If you must know, it kinda looks like a
duck-billed platypus: Tigersapien bring
their electro-fusion thing to Red Square Saturday
night, with guests Dirty Paris (8 PM, $10,
465-0444). . . . Saturday brings the release of
You Are the Sun, the long-in-the-making
debut album from one-man-band Jared Funari;
the release event, at Valentine’s, doubles as
a birthday party for the performer, and also features
music from the Emergency Empire and Mirk
and the New Familiars (8 PM, $10, 473-1845).
. . . The Bonoff-Ian double bill isn’t the only
inspired pairing of female artists at the Egg
this week: Shawn Colvin and Garrison
Starr team up for a gig at the Swyer Theater
Saturday night (8 PM, $34.50, 473-1845). . . .
We knew they were classy: The Red Lions
bring their chamber-pop to a room known for its
chamber-friendliness, at Hubbard Hall on Saturday
(8 PM, $8-$12, 677-2495). . . . Usually seen onstage
with David Bromberg, Angel Band will do
a show of their own at Caffe Lena Sunday evening
(7 PM, $24, 583-0022). . . . From Utica to you:
Blues-rocker Joe Bonamassa turns it up
for a sold-out show at the Egg on Tuesday (7:30
PM, 473-1845). . . . Guitar woman Del Ray
plays a concert Wednesday night at Old Songs;
the performance will be preceded by a ukelele
workshop with the artist (8 PM, $20, 765-2815).
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